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A '''mushroom''' is any organism in class Basidiomycota, of the [[Fungi]] kingdom (which isn't an [[SCA]] [[Kingdom]]. Wouldn't it be funny if it was though? Imagine what the [[populace]] would be like!). They are characterised by an umbrella shaped cup borne on a stalk. 

Some are [[food|edible]], some are hallucinogenic, others can [[poison]] or kill you. The edible ones make excellent ingredients in [[soup]]s or [[pie]]s/[[pastie]]s, or on their own [[roast]]ed, [[grill]]ed, [[marinate]]d in red [[wine]] or just raw.

Many mushrooms are excellent [[dyestuffs]], although there is no indications that this was known in medieval times.  (Varieties of [[Lichen]], however, were used as [[dyestuffs]]).

see also:
*[[Mushroom and cheese pastries (recipe)]]
*[[Fly agaric mushroom]]
*[[Medieval Narcotics]]
*[[Plants as heraldic charges]]
*[[Mushroom (Maplet)|Mushrooms according to Maplet's ''A Greene Forest'']]
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